{"id":2432018,"date":"2025-05-07T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-vote-of-conclave-ends-with-black-smoke\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T15:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:23:30","slug":"first-vote-of-conclave-ends-with-black-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-vote-of-conclave-ends-with-black-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"First vote of conclave ends with black smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-vote-of-conclave-ends-with-black-smoke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The first vote of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-announces-21-new-cardinals-to-seal-voting-majority-for-successor\/\" title=\"Pope Francis appoints 21 new ... to secure ... majority for future ...or.\">papal conclave<\/a> held in the Sistine Chapel concluded without success, as indicated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tourist-bus-crashes-burns-killing-at-least-45-in-bulgaria\/\" title=\"Tourist Bus Crashes, Burns, Killing at Least 45 in Bulgaria\">black smoke rising<\/a> from the chimney on Wednesday evening. This outcome signaled that the required two-thirds majority for electing a new pope was not achieved. Spectators in St. Peter&#8217;s Square expressed disappointment, having hoped for a swift decision. The results were announced two hours later than anticipated. Although the cardinals had some frontrunners, none were close to securing the 89 votes needed from the 133 eligible. Voting will continue four times a day, with the next indication expected Thursday morning. The conclave operates under strict digital lockdown, preventing any outside interaction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">First vote of conclave ends with black smoke<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Dark smoke rose out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3403754\/cardinals-enter-sistine-chapel-papal-conclave-digital-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sistine Chapel<\/a> chimney Wednesday evening, signaling that the first vote of the conclave failed to reach the two-thirds majority necessary for a new pope.<\/p>\n<p>Onlookers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">St. Peter&rsquo;s Square<\/a> groaned in disappointment, having hoped for the impossible: a new bishop of Rome in just one ballot. The results of the vote arrived two hours after it was expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3403925\/bondi-republicans-reject-biden-abortion-pill-rules\/\">Bondi faces calls from Republicans to reject Biden era &#8216;mail-order&#8217; abortion pill rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3404251\/205-arrested-fbi-sex-trafficking-operation-115-children-saved\/\">Two hundred and five &#8216;depraved human beings&#8217; arrested in FBI child sex predator operation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3404352\/chip-roy-reconciliation-demands-freedom-caucus\/\">Chip Roy and fiscal hawks lay out budget demands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Andrew Medichini)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hardly a surprise &mdash; the cardinals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3402191\/sistine-chapel-prepped-papal-conclave-future-catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">entered the chapel with front-runners<\/a>, but no one was even near clinching the 89 of 133 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning Thursday, the cardinals will vote four times a day for the rest of the conclave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3403754\/cardinals-enter-sistine-chapel-papal-conclave-digital-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CARDINALS ENTER SISTINE CHAPEL FOR PAPAL CONCLAVE UNDER TOTAL DIGITAL LOCKDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voting will resume Thursday morning with the next smoke signal expected at 10:30 a.m. or noon. If those rounds do not result in a pontiff, another puff of smoke will be expected at 5:30 or 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Conclave continues without a break in the cardinals&rsquo; seclusion until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">next pope is elected<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The area around the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter&rsquo;s Basilica is outfitted with technology to jam mobile signals and internet access, ensuring the prelates are entirely cutoff.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First conclave vote results in black smoke, no pope elected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2432019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/conclave-black-smoke.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[54796,28247,54797],"class_list":["post-2432018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-black-smoke","tag-conclave","tag-first-vote"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/conclave-black-smoke.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432022,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432018\/revisions\/2432022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}